Prologue

I’m not talking about a Devil-May-Cry-4-go-get-yourself-a-sandwich wait. I’m talking about something agonizingly painful. Before you can even play the beauty that is Gran Turismo 5: Prologue, folks out there may have to A) download the latest version of the PS3 software, B) download the game onto your hard drive (you need 5 gigs) and C) wait for yet another download to update the download you just downloaded.

The PlayStation Store is going under the knife Monday for a digital face-lift and will be down for a couple of hours. When it returns Tuesday, it’ll have a brand new look as demonstrated by the PS Store senior manager Grace Chen’s guided tour.

It definitely looks nicer. The fact that Sony made it easier to identify what you bought is a good thing. I also like the new categories, which seem useful. But in the end, as long as I can get to stuff that I want faster (like Gran Turismo 5: Prologue), I’ll be happy. I’m sure that the Sony servers will be busy when it hits the online store and shelves on April 17.